Diablo Canyon (album)

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Critical reception

Template:Music ratings The Miami New Times praised the "soaring harmonies and searing guitar solos that refuse to fall into cliche," writing that "Thomasson's vocals sound as potent and full of meaning as ever."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

AllMusic wrote that the album "manages to be an impressively lean and rockin' album—cut directly from the unmistakable Southern rock cloth."<ref name="auto"/>

Track listing

1. "Diablo Canyon" (Thomasson) – 7:01
2. "Dregs Fall to the Wicked" (Cooper, Thomasson, Tsaerios) – 5:10
3. "Let the Fingers Do the Walkin'" (Thomasson) – 4:49
4. "Steam on the Blacktop" (Kortchmar, Lynch) – 4:49
5. "Macon Blues" (Hicks) – 5:48
6. "New Frontier" (Borden, Hicks, Thomasson, Howell) – 5:20
7. "Brother Travis" (Borden, Hicks, Thomasson, Howell) – 4:58
8. "The Wheel" (Hicks) – 5:20
9. "Freedom in Flight" (Thomasson) – 4:21
10. "Alligator Alley" (Thomasson) – 4:52

Personnel

• Hughie Thomasson – lead guitars, lead vocals
• Chris Hicks – lead guitars, lead vocals
• Jeff Howell – bass, vocals
• B.B. Borden – drums, percussion

Additional Musicians

• Gary Rossington – guitar, slide guitar
• Billy Powell – piano
• Mickey Mulcahy – guitar
• Mike Varney – guitar
• Willie Morris – background vocals
• Mike Mani – Hammond B-3 organ

Production

• Producers: Steve Fontano, Hughie Thomasson, Mickey Mulcahy
• Executive Producer: Mike Varney
• Engineers: Steve Fontano, Gregg Schnitzer, Wally Walton
• Assistant engineer: Terry Weeks
• Mixing: Steve Fontano, Hughie Thomasson
• Mastering: George Horn